MHS girls won the Salina South Invitational Monday at Salina Municipal shooting a team total of 296. 296 is the lowest team total recorded in at least the last 41 years. High school personal records (PR’s) were posted by 5 MHS players: Freshman Maddie Myers placed 3rd in the tournament, shooting one over par, 71. Three 75’s were shot by junior Emily Wuggazer and sophomores Kat Ball and Lily Bahr. The three tied for 4th place. Wrenn Burton tied for 11th in the tournament, shooting 83. Sophomore Kaitlyn Lagabed did not shoot a PR, but placed 9th, shooting a strong…
Author: Troy Coverdale
Troy Coverdale
Currently the host of "KMAN's Morning News", Troy is a 30 year veteran of radio, nearly 20 in northern Colorado, where he served as the "Voice of the UNC Bears" while serving as the news and sports director for one of the oldest AM stations in the country. No stranger to Manhattan nor Kansas, Troy is an alum of K-State in broadcast journalism and grew up near Circleville. He began his broadcast career with KSDB-FM on campus while working part time at another radio station in town. He's married to the former Monica Haugsness of Seneca, who has patiently put up with his schedule for more than 25 years.
Some good news and some bad news on the K-State football depth chart…The good news is that RT Christian Duffie is back on the two-deep and expected play Saturday. Carvis Willis, who has started the first 3 games of the season is still listed as the starter. This comes as the Wildcats have struggled at times offensively because the O-Line hasn’t been as crisp as expected. Missouri succesfully kept Chris Klieman’s team off balance up front in last Saturday’s showdown in Columbia. The bad news…Daniel Green, a senior leader who has made 232 tackles during his long college football career,…
Harrison Mevis kicked a 61-yard field goal with no time remaining Saturday, sending Missouri to a field-storming, come-from-behind 30-27 victory over No. 15 Kansas State in a nonconference showdown of former Big 12 rivals. The Tigers had a chance to give their big-legged kicker a shorter attempt after Brady Cook had driven them into Kansas State territory in the final seconds. But after huddling on the sideline, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was too slow getting his field-goal unit onto the field, and the delay-of-game penalty pushed the Tigers back 5 yards. Cook proceeded to throw an incomplete pass in the…
After an eight day layoff, Manhattan High’s football team will host Hays Friday night as both squads bring 2-0 marks into action. How they’ve gotten there is a bit different, however. Manhattan has opened with a pair of wins by two or more scores while holding both Derby and Topeka High to 19 points. Hays needed overtime to get past Junction City in Week One, 20-14. They clipped Great Bend last Friday night by one, 28-27. Coverage from Bishop Stadium and Lew Lane Field begins on Newsradio KMAN at 6:30. McPherson plays its home opener against Junction City. Both teams…
Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said Wednesday that he would have changed his approach to his holdout if given another chance. But the All-Pro pass rusher also said he was happy with how things worked out. He was at practice for the first time since agreeing to a reworked one-year deal Monday that includes incentives that could push his salary over the $19.5 base that he was scheduled to make. Chiefs coach Andy Reid expected Jones to play on Sunday in Jacksonville. He watched last week’s opening loss to Detroit from a suite at Arrowhead Stadium.
The annual Wamego Invitational cross country meet Saturday saw the host boys finish fourth in the 4A race while Rock Creek placed 10th as a squad in a race won by Southeast of Saline. The Wamego girls finished seventh on the day, as Christ Prep of Lenexa claimed the crown in that race. The Smoky Valley boys and Norton girls were the 3-2-1A team winners with Riley County’s boys placing eighth, the girls fifth. Individually, Rock Creek’s Lucia Nippert finished 10th to place the Mustangs in the Girls 4A race and Parker Peyton of Wamego was the fourth place finisher…
Kansas State would jump out to an early lead on Troy Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, but it would belie the way the rest of the day would. Eventually, K-State’s offense would have the ball enough to again find the flow and finish a 42-13 win a flourish that didn’t reflect how the game was played. The Trojans challenged the Cats with stout defense and some big chunks by the air through the second and third quarters. The Wildcats built a 14-0 lead early in the second period, but the Trojans dominated the yardage and time of possession…
The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce was held out of Wednesday’s final workout and listed as questionable for Thursday night’s season opener against Detroit, one day after the All-Pro tight end hyperextended his knee in practice. Kelce was the only player to carry an injury designation for the Super Bowl champions, who will be raising their latest banner before the first game of the NFL season. That means that wide receiver Kadarius Toney and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, both of whom have dealt with knee injuries throughout training camp, are expected to be in the lineup. Chiefs coach Andy Reid did not discuss…
A Thursday night date with Topeka High is on tap tonight for the Manhattan High football team as it seeks to move to 2-0. The Indians opened defense of their state title of a year ago last Friday with a 33-19 win over Derby, while Topeka was blanked 43-0 at Maize. Coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. on our sister station b104.7.
The MHS girls won the 14-team Washburn Rural/Great Plains Classic on Tuesday at Wamego Country Club. MHS scored a team total of 332, beating Washburn Rural by 3 strokes and Olathe NW by 17. Sophomore Lily Bahr placed 4th, shooting 80. Sophomore Kat Ball shot 82 and tied for 7th. Freshman Maddie Myers placed 9th, shooting 83.